Knuckledragger

Those two objects in the lower frame are helicopters.

They spelled his name wrong.

These days have been to full to be slow.

Thanks for the kind words, folks. The good news is that my two cousins buried the hatchet (and not in each other's skulls) not long after I left last night. The bad news is that while the doctors were performing what was supposed to be relatively simple stomach surgery on my uncle, they punctured his esophagus. Their mistake has necessitated a much more involved procedure to fix it. After 5 hours of surgery today, they did not locate the perforation but [did something medical that I don't understand] to fix the situation. Last I heard my uncle is in stable condition, but is going to be in the ICU for eight to ten days. The last two days have been much more difficult than I anticipated but it looks like things will calm down for a bit. All we can do now is wait and pray (or not).

My uncle had surgery yesterday and there were some complications. One of my cousins (who's quite religious) was trying to convince one of my other cousins (who is decidedly not) to pray. There was some drama. Funny how stressful situations bring simmering family tension to the surface. It has been a long an hellacious day. It's raining and i don't want to go to the gym.

Three other tidbits: iOS 6 will not run on the 1st gen iPad? The 17" MBP has died a quiet death. There's an all new Airport Express.

I dunno WTF they're on about, Eduad Khil was born in 1934.

Given that it's a modular machine, they could have included a newer GPU than the 2+ year old Radeon 5770 just as easily as they bumped the RAM and base CPU MHz. A sanely (by Apple standards) SSD option would be nice, too. EDIT: There are conflicting reports about the chips in the "new" MP. Apple Insides reports that they're using the Xeon E5 processor, but the store page says it's the same Xeon W3565 that has been in the MP for years. Further edit: the higher end MP uses Xeon E5645s, which as best I can make out are not the new "Xeon E5" chip either.

WRT, the not-so-shiny, not-so-new Mac Pro:

At this risk of turning this thread in to the Full Time Garfunkel & Oates Channel, this is one of my favorites Also, I think I have a crush on Garfunkel.

WAT.

That's actually pretty good for my ISP.